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  • Adult literacy rate > Total: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Average years of schooling of adults: Average years of schooling of adults is the years of formal schooling received, on average, by adults over age 15. (Data Source: Barro-Lee Data Set www.worldbank.org/html/prdmg/grthweb/ddbarle2.htm)
  • Children out of school, primary: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • Children out of school, primary per 1000: Children out of school, primary. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Total is the total number of primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school, primary, female: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • College and university > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for college and university enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Compulsary education duration: Number of years students are required to be enrolled in school for all levels of education. For instance, compulsary education lasts for 12 years in the United States.
  • Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP: Percentage of public funding for education out of country's total GDP.
  • High school enrolment rate: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Homeschooling legal status: Legal status of homeschooling.
  • Literacy > Total population: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Primary education, duration > Years: Primary education, duration (years). Duration of primary is the number of grades (years) in primary education.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, primary: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Primary is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers.
  • Secondary education, duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years). Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (years) in secondary education (ISCED 2 & 3).
  • Primary education, teachers per 1000: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Share of total education spending: Percentage of government education funding that goes to post-secondary education.
  • Literacy > Female: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Children out of school, primary, female per 1000: Children out of school, primary, female. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Female is the total number of female primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • College and university > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Child care (preschool) > Duration: Number of years students study at the pre-primary (preschool) level. It should be noted that not all countries require pre-primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Duration of compulsory education: Duration of compulsory education is the number of grades (or years) that a child must legally be enrolled in school.
  • Secondary education, pupils: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • College and university > Private school share: Percentage of post-secondary students who attend a private school, college, or university.
  • School life expectancy > Total: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Literacy > Adult literacy: Adult literacy rate (%).
  • Primary education, teachers: Primary education, teachers. Teaching staff in primary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private primary education institutions. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Primary education, pupils: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions.
  • Adult literacy rate > Female: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Tertiary enrollment: Gross enrolment ratio, tertiary level is the sum of all tertiary level students enrolled at the start of the school year, expressed as a percentage of the mid-year population in the 5 year age group after the official secondary school leaving age.
  • Spending per student > College and university: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • High school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Compulsary education starting age: Age at which children must be enrolled in school.
  • Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary. Pupil-teacher ratio. Secondary is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Definition: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • High school > Upper secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the upper secondary (high school) level.
  • Literacy > Male: This entry includes a definition of literacy and Census Bureau percentages for the total population, males, and females. There are no universal definitions and standards of literacy. Unless otherwise specified, all rates are based on the most common definition - the ability to read and write at a specified age. Detailing the standards that individual countries use to assess the ability to read and write is beyond the scope of our source. Information on literacy, while not a perfect measure of educational results, is probably the most easily available and valid for international comparisons.
  • Spending > USD: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment."
  • Spending > Proportion: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment. Expressed as a proportion of GNI."
  • Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Child care (preschool) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • High school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • Preschool enrollment rate: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year.
  • Teachers as percentage of labor force: The percentage share of the total labor force who are classroom, academic staff, and other teachers. Data for 1999.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall: Overall.

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  • Elementary (primary school) > Duration: Number of years students study at the primary level.
  • Children out of school > Primary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Secondary education, teachers per 1000: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Secondary education, teachers: Secondary education, teachers. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Total is the total number of teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for pre-primary (preschool) education.
  • High school > Lower secondary school duration: Number of years students study at the lower secondary (middle school) level.
  • Children out of school, primary, male per 1000: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Spending per student > High school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Secondary education, general pupils: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • High school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index for secondary level enrollment. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills: Overall.

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  • Scientific and technical journal articles: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve: Access and retrieve.

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  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion: The number of students from a given country studying abroad in a given year, expressed as a percentage of total tertiary enrollment in that country. Ratios greater than 100 % are possible, because those currently studying abroad do not count towards total enrollment.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Scouting > Genders admitted: Admits boys/girls.
  • Elementary (primary school) > Starting age: Average age at which students begin primary education.
  • International Baccalaureate schools: Number of schools of any level teaching the curriculum of the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO).
  • Children out of school, primary, male: Children out of school, primary, male. Out-of-school children of primary school age. Male is the total number of male primary-school-age children who are not enrolled in either primary or secondary schools.
  • High school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for all levels of secondary education.
  • Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training.
  • Spending per student > Elementary school: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita. Public expenditure (current and capital) includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration as well as subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities)."
  • Secondary school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age (years). Entrance age of 2A lower secondary is the age at which students would enter lower secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • High school starting age > Years: Secondary school starting age is the age at which students would enter secondary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Primary education > Teachers > Per capita: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Women: Population with at least high school education > Women.
  • Elementary school graduate rate: Persistence to last grade of primary is the percentage of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary education. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Literacy rate > People aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Schools connected to the Internet: Schools connected to the Internet are the share of primary and secondary schools in the country that have access to the Internet.
  • Public spending per student > Primary level: Public expenditure per student, primary level is the total reported current spending by the government on primary education, divided by the total number of pupils in primary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Secondary education, pupils per 1000: Secondary education, pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary education, pupils per 1000: Primary education, pupils. Enrolment in primary. Public and private. All programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in public and private primary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Number of females older than 10 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people: Total number of post-secondary students who were studying abroad during given year. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years: Secondary education, duration (years) is the number of grades (years) in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > High school: Secondary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in secondary school divided by the number of secondary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Children out of school > Primary per 1000: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Inequality adjusted index: Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index.
  • High school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in secondary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in secondary school."
  • Teacher student ratio > Elementary school: Primary school pupil-teacher ratio is the number of pupils enrolled in primary school divided by the number of primary school teachers (regardless of their teaching assignment).
  • Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11: Intended hours of instruction per year for 11 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school > Enrolled students: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • School enrolment rate > 1st grade: Gross intake rate in grade 1 is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age."
  • Secondary education, general pupils per 1000: Secondary education, general pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. General programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in general programmes at public and private secondary education institutions. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12: Intended hours of instruction per year for 12 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret: Integrate and interpret.

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  • High school > Lower secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin lower secondary (middle school) education.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share: Percentage of primary students who attend a private school.
  • Elementary school > Gender ratio: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school enrolment rate > Female: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Duration of education > Secondary level: Duration of secondary education is the number of grades (or years) in general secondary education.
  • Public spending per student > Tertiary level: Public expenditure per student, tertiary level is the total reported current spending by the government on tertiary education, divided by the total number of pupils in tertiary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Pupils: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • High school > Population with at least high school education > Men: Gender Inequality Index.
  • Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life."
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Secondary education, vocational pupils: Secondary education, vocational pupils. Enrolment in total secondary. Public and private. Technical/vocational programmes. Total is the total number of students enrolled in technical/vocational programmes at public and private secondary education institutions.
  • Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher: Number of students per teacher for primary education.
  • Secondary education > Teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • School enrolment rate > 5th grade: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 30 to 34. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Scientific and technical journal articles per million: Scientific and technical journal articles refer to the number of scientific and engineering articles published in the following fields: physics, biology, chemistry, mathematics, clinical medicine, biomedical research, engineering and technology, and earth and space sciences. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts: Non-continuous texts.

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  • Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts: Continuous texts.

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  • Duration of education > Primary level: Duration of primary education is the number of grades (or years) in primary education.
  • Expected duration of education for all students: Expected years of schooling for a 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
  • Participation > Children out of school > Elementary: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education: Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary and secondary levels in public and private schools.
  • Public spending per student > Secondary level: Public expenditure per student, secondary level is the total reported current spending by the government on secondary education, divided by the total number of pupils in secondary education, expressed as a percentage of per capita GDP.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Progression to secondary school: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 35 to 39. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate: Reflect and evaluate.

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  • High school > Upper secondary starting age: Average age at which students begin upper secondary (high school) education.
  • Elementary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade."
  • Teaching weeks per year > Primary: Average number of weeks taught per year by primary level teachers. Data for 2000.
  • Elementary school repeaters > All: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • School life expectancy > Male: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1 population.
  • Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary teacher salary > Starting: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
  • Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD: Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.

    The main aggregate used for international comparisons is gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD). This consists of the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc. It excludes R&D expenditures financed by domestic firms but performed abroad.
  • Library books per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, primary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in primary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Primary education > Teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Secondary education > Vocational pupils: Secondary vocational pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in technical and vocational education programs, including teacher training.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Private school enrolment > Primary level: Private sector enrolment share, primary level is the share of primary school pupils who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years: Primary duration refers to the number of years of full-time equivalent duration in primary education in the school system according to ISCED.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10: Intended hours of instruction per year for 10 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Secondary education > Pupils per 1000: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Primary education > Teachers per 1000: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Men above 14 years: Percent of male population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Female enrolment share > Primary level: Girls' enrolment share, primary level is the number of girls enrolled in primary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in primary school.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology: Intended instruction time spent studying technology, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Primary school starting age > Years: Primary school starting age (years). Entrance age of primary is the age at which students would enter primary education, assuming they had started at the official entrance age for the lowest level of education, had studied full-time throughout and had progressed through the system without repeating or skipping a grade.
  • Scouting > Members: Members of boy or girl scout groups which are members of the World Organization of the Scout Movement (WOSM).
  • Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to teachers' salaries.
  • Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries: Percentage of public funding for primary education that goes to school staff salaries.
  • Enrolment ratio > Secondary level: Net enrolment ratio, secondary level, is the ratio of the number of children of official secondary school age enrolled in school to the number of children of official secondary school age in the population.
  • Participation > Secondary education > General pupils: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training."
  • Secondary education > Teachers per 1000: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Secondary education > General pupils per 1000: Secondary general pupils are the number of secondary students enrolled in general education programs, including teacher training. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school.
  • Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index: Country's gender parity index in primary, or elementary, school. For countries with a rating of over 1, more females are enrolled while countries with a rating under 1 have more males enrolled. 
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9: Intended hours of instruction per year for 9 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13: Intended hours of instruction per year for 14 year olds in public educational institutions. Data for 2000.
  • Female enrolment share > Secondary level: Girls' enrolment share, secondary level is the number of girls enrolled in secondary school, expressed as a percentage of the total number of pupils in secondary school.
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification.
  • Private school enrolment > Secondary level: Private sector enrolment share, secondary level is the share of students in general secondary education who attend a privately managed school, regardless of whether or not the school receives subsidies from the government.
  • Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19: Number of females aged 15-19 years, who are literate.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 20-24: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 20 to 24. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 65-69 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 50 to 54. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 15 to 19. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 25 to 29. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Scouting > Members per thousand people: Membership (from 2012). Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Outcomes > Tertiary attainment > Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64: For each age group shown, those who have completed tertiary education are shown as a percentage of all persons in that age group. Tertiary education includes both tertiary-type "A programmes”, which are largely theoretically-based and designed to provide qualifications for entry to advanced research programmes and professions with high skill requirements, as well as tertiary-type "B programmes” which are classified at the same level of competencies as tertiary-type A programmes but are more occupationally-oriented and lead to direct labour market access. The tertiary attainment profiles are based on the percentage of the population aged 25 to 64 that has completed that level of education.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 85-89 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning science: Intended instruction time spent studying science, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • School life expectancy > Female: School life expectancy and transition from primary to secondary for school years 1998/99 and 1999/00, published in http://www.uis.unesco.org accessed on Sept. 2002 and Women's Indicators and Statistics Database (Wistat), Version 4, CD-ROM (United Nations publication, Sales No. E.00.XVII.4) based on data provided by UNESCO in 1999.
  • Elementary school repeaters > Male: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Elementary school repeaters > Female: Repeaters in primary school are the number of students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all students enrolled in primary school."
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita: Children out of school are the number of primary-school-age children not enrolled in primary or secondary school. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Elementary school teachers: Primary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • High school teachers: Secondary education teachers includes full-time and part-time teachers.
  • Primary teacher salary > After 15 years: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
  • High school enrolment rate > Male: Progression to secondary school refers to the number of new entrants to the first grade of secondary school in a given year as a percentage of the number of students enrolled in the final grade of primary school in the previous year.
  • Proportion of 15 year-olds in secondary education: Percentage share of 15 year-olds enrolled in secondary education. Based on net enrolment rates, attained by head count. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Women above 14 years: Percent of female population above the age of 14 years that is literate.
  • Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds: Literacy gender parity rate of 15-24 year olds in each country. This number is achieved by dividing the total amount of females who are literate by the total amount of males who are literate. Numbers below 1 mean that more males are literate, while numbers over 1 indicate that more females are literate, with the difference in the numbers indicating to what extent this is true. For instance, in Chad (with a parity rate of .42%) a substantial amount of more males are literate than females. These numbers are only for 15-24 year olds.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita: Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education: Percentage share of 20 year-olds enrolled in tertiary education. Based on net enrolment rates, attained by head count. Data for 2000.
  • Participation > Secondary education > Pupils: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills: Intended instruction time spent studying vocational skills, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita: Secondary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools. Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary education > Pupils per 1000: Primary education pupils is the total number of pupils enrolled at primary level in public and private schools. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females: Number of female entrants in the last grade of primary education (regardless of age) expressed as a percentage of the female population at entrance age to the last grade.
  • Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level: Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary level is the average number of pupils per teacher in secondary education. Cross-country comparisons may be affected by such factors as the composition of teachers by part- and full-time employment.
  • Share of university qualifications awarded to females: Percentage share of tertiary level A qualifications as first degree awarded to females. Data for 2000.
  • Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD per million: Research and development (R&D) comprise creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications. R&D is a term covering three activities: basic research, applied research, and experimental development. Basic research is experimental or theoretical work undertaken primarily to acquire new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts, without any particular application or use in view. Applied research is also original investigation undertaken in order to acquire new knowledge. It is, however, directed primarily towards a specific practical aim or objective. Experimental development is systematic work, drawing on existing knowledge gained from research and/or practical experience, which is directed to producing new materials, products or devices, to installing new processes, systems and services, or to improving substantially those already produced or installed.

    The main aggregate used for international comparisons is gross domestic expenditure on R&D (GERD). This consists of the total expenditure (current and capital) on R&D by all resident companies, research institutes, university and government laboratories, etc. It excludes R&D expenditures financed by domestic firms but performed abroad. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages: Intended instruction time spent studying modern foreign languages, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Primary teacher salary > Starting per 1000: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999. Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Library employees per million: . Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
  • Pupils reaching grade 5: Pupils reaching grade 5 is the percentage of children who start primary school and eventually reach grade 5.
  • Expected duration of education for males: Expected years of schooling for a male 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
  • Proportion of 19 year olds in tertiary education: Percentage share of 19 year-olds enrolled in tertiary education. Based on net enrolment rates, attained by head count. Data for 2000.
  • Proportion of 16 year-olds in secondary education: Percentage share of 16 year-olds enrolled in secondary education. Based on net enrolment rates, attained by head count. Data for 2000.
  • Share of university qualifications awarded to females > First degree: Percentage share of tertiary level A qualifications as first degree awarded to females. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 75-79: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 20-24: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 70-74: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89: Number of females aged 85-89 years, who are illiterate.
  • Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds: Percentage of population older than 24 years that has completed tertiary education.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10: Number of females older than 10 years, who are literate.
  • Primary education, teachers > % female: Primary education, teachers (% female). Percentage female teachers. Primary is the number of female teachers at the primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of teachers (male and female) at the primary level in a given school year. Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment: Unemployment with secondary education, male (% of male unemployment). Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Public spending on education, total > % of GDP: Public spending on education, total (% of GDP). Public expenditure on education as % of GDP is the total public expenditure (current and capital) on education expressed as a percentage of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in a given year. Public expenditure on education includes government spending on educational institutions (both public and private), education administration, and transfers/subsidies for private entities (students/households and other privates entities).
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 85-89 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 95-99 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 95-99 per million people: Number of females aged 95-99 years, who are literate. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force: Labor force with secondary education, female (% of female labor force). Labor force with secondary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a secondary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment: Unemployment with secondary education, female (% of female unemployment). Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Education spending > % of GDP: Government Education Expenditure (% of GDP, 2000-2002)
  • Literacy rate > Youth total > % of people ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Teaching weeks per year > Lower secondary: Average number of weeks taught per year by lower secondary level teachers. Data for 2000.
  • Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education: Ratio of female to male tertiary enrollment is the percentage of men to women enrolled at tertiary level in public and private schools.
  • Primary teacher salary > Starting; ratio to GDP per capita: Annual statutory teachers' salaries in public institutions in primary education, in equivalent US dollars converted using PPPs. Data for 1999.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning arts: Intended instruction time spent studying arts, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Secondary education > Pupils > % female: Female pupils as a percentage of total pupils at secondary level includes enrollments in public and private schools.
  • Primary completion rate > Total > % of relevant age group: Primary completion rate is the percentage of students completing the last year of primary school. It is calculated by taking the total number of students in the last grade of primary school, minus the number of repeaters in that grade, divided by the total number of children of official graduation age.
  • School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Tertiary education, whether or not to an advanced research qualification, normally requires, as a minimum condition of admission, the successful completion of education at the secondary level."
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers."
  • Persistence to grade 5 > Male > % of cohort: Persistence to grade 5 (percentage of cohort reaching grade 5) is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is based on the reconstructed cohort method.
  • School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary: School enrollment, primary, private (% of total primary). Percentage of private enrolment. Primary is the enrolment in private primary schools expressed as a percentage of total enrolment (public and private) in primary schools. 'Private' refers to all educational institutions not operated by a public authority, regardless of whether they receive financial support from public authorities. A high percentage indicates strong involvement of the non-governmental sector (including religious bodies, other organizations, associations, communities, private enterprises or persons) in providing organized educational programmes.
  • Primary education, pupils > % female: Primary education, pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Primary is the number of female students at the primary level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) at the primary level in a given school year.
  • School enrollment, primary, female > % gross: School enrollment, primary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Primary. Female is the total female enrollment in primary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official primary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group: Primary completion rate, total (% of relevant age group). Primary completion rate. Total is the total number of new entrants in the last grade of primary education, regardless of age, expressed as percentage of the total population of the theoretical entrance age to the last grade of primary. This indicator is also known as "gross intake rate to the last grade of primary." The ratio can exceed 100% due to over-aged and under-aged children who enter primary school late/early and/or repeat grades.
  • Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female > % of relevant age group: Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female (% of relevant age group). Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education is the number of new entrants in the first grade of primary education regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the population of the official primary entrance age.
  • Secondary education, general pupils > % female: Secondary education, general pupils (% female). Percentage of female students. Total secondary. General programmes is the number of female students enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level expressed as a percentage of the total number of students (male and female) enrolled in general programmes at the secondary education level in a given school year.
  • Total enrollment, primary, male > % net: Total enrollment, primary, male (% net). Adjusted net enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group.
  • Economically active children, study and work > % of economically active children, ages 7-14: Economically active children, study and work (% of economically active children, ages 7-14). Children in employment refer to children involved in economic activity for at least one hour in the reference week of the survey. Work only refers to children involved in economic activity and not attending school.
  • Labor force with primary education, female > % of female labor force: Labor force with primary education, female (% of female labor force). Labor force with primary education is the proportion of the labor force that has a primary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Labor force with tertiary education > % of total: Labor force with tertiary education (% of total). Labor force with tertiary education is the proportion of labor force that has a tertiary education, as a percentage of the total labor force.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed per capita for the same year.
  • Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (current US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in current U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Literacy rate, youth male (% of males ages 15-24). Youth (15-24) literacy rate (%). Male is the number of males age 15 to 24 years who can both read and write with understanding a short simple statement on their everyday life, divided by the male population in that age group. Generally, u2018literacyu2019 also encompasses u2018numeracyu2019, the ability to make simple arithmetic calculations.
  • Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at secondary level in public and private schools.
  • Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > %: Ratio of female to male primary enrollment (%). Ratio of female to male primary enrollment is the percentage of girls to boys enrolled at primary level in public and private schools.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59: Compares countries by number of male iliterate individuals, in the age range 55 to 59. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 70-74: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 70 to 74. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 90-94: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 90 to 94. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 55 to 59. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 40 to 44. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male illiterates, in the age range 75 to 79. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 90-94 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 80 to 84. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 70 to 74. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89 per million people: Number of females aged 85-89 years, who are illiterate. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music."
  • Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI: Education expenditure refers to the current operating expenditures in education, including wages and salaries and excluding capital investments in buildings and equipment.
  • Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP: Public expenditure on education consists of current and capital public expenditure on education plus subsidies to private education at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels.
  • Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment: Unemployment by level of educational attainment shows the unemployed by level of educational attainment, as a percentage of the unemployed. The levels of educational attainment accord with the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 of the United Nations Educational, Cultural, and Scientific Organization (UNESCO).
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 90-94: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Secondary education completes the provision of basic education that began at the primary level, and aims at laying the foundations for lifelong learning and human development, by offering more subject- or skill-oriented instruction using more specialized teachers.
  • Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita: Public expenditure per student is the public current spending on education divided by the total number of students by level, as a percentage of GDP per capita.
  • School enrollment > Primary > % net: Net enrollment ratio is the ratio of children of official school age based on the International Standard Classification of Education 1997 who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 15-24: Youth literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15-24 who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above: Adult literacy rate is the percentage of people ages 15 and above who can, with understanding, read and write a short, simple statement on their everyday life.
  • Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP: Services, etc., value added (constant 2000 US$). Services correspond to ISIC divisions 50-99. They include value added in wholesale and retail trade (including hotels and restaurants), transport, and government, financial, professional, and personal services such as education, health care, and real estate services. Also included are imputed bank service charges, import duties, and any statistical discrepancies noted by national compilers as well as discrepancies arising from rescaling. Value added is the net output of a sector after adding up all outputs and subtracting intermediate inputs. It is calculated without making deductions for depreciation of fabricated assets or depletion and degradation of natural resources. The industrial origin of value added is determined by the International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC), revision 3. Data are in constant 2005 U.S. dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
  • Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000: . Figures expressed per thousand population for the same year.
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged 50-54: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 30 to 34. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Literates > Aged over 100: Number of people older than 100 years who are literate.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 80-84: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 80 to 84. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 15-19: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Repitition rate > Primary level: Repetition rate is the percentage of primary school pupils who are currently enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year.
  • School enrollment, primary, female > % net: School enrollment, primary, female (% net). Net enrolment rate. Primary. Female is the ratio of female children of the official primary school age who are enrolled in primary school to the female population of the official primary school age.
  • Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort: Persistence to grade 5, total (% of cohort). Survival rate to grade 5. Total is the share of children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach grade 5. The estimate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • School enrollment > Primary > % gross: Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music.
  • Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort: Persistence to last grade of primary, male (% of cohort). Survival rate to last grade of primary. Male is the share of male children enrolled in the first grade of primary school who eventually reach the last grade of primary. The estimate is calculated on the basis of the reconstructed cohort method, which uses data on enrolment and repeaters for two consecutive years.
  • Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % net: Total enrollment is the number of pupils of the school-age group for primary education, enrolled either in primary or secondary education, expressed as a percentage of the total population in that age group."
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged 80-84: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence.
  • Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 100 per million people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Expected duration of education for females: Expected years of schooling for a female 5-year-old under current conditions, excluding education for children under 5. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people: Compares countries by number of illiterate individuals, in the age range 35 to 39. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning mathematics: Intended instruction time spent practicing mathematics, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people: Number of males aged 10-14 years, who are illiterate. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
  • Proportion of primary education time spent learning religion: Intended instruction time spent studying religion, as a percentage of total intended instruction time for students 12 to 14 years of age. Data for 1999.
  • School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross: School enrollment, secondary, female (% gross). Gross enrolment ratio. Secondary. All programmes. Female is the total female enrollment in secondary education, regardless of age, expressed as a percentage of the female population of official secondary education age. GER can exceed 100% due to the inclusion of over-aged and under-aged students because of early or late school entrance and grade repetition.
  • School enrollment, secondary, male > % net: School enrollment, secondary, male (% net). Net enrolment rate. Secondary. All programmes. Male is the ratio of male children of the official secondary school age who are enrolled in secondary school to the male population of the official secondary school age.
  • Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female enrollment: Repeaters, secondary, female (% of female enrollment). Percentage of repeaters in secondary. All grades. Female is the number of female students enrolled in the same grade as in the previous year, as a percentage of all female students enrolled in secondary school. It is calculated by dividing the sum of female repeaters in all grades of secondary education by the total female enrolment of secondary education and multiplying the result by 100.
  • Secondary education, teachers, female: Secondary education, teachers, female. Teaching staff in total secondary. Public and private. Full and part-time. All programmes. Female is the total number of female teachers in public and private secondary education institutions (ISCED 2 and 3). Teachers are persons employed full time or part time in an official capacity to guide and direct the learning experience of pupils and students, irrespective of their qualifications or the delivery mechanism, i.e. face-to-face and/or at a distance. This definition excludes educational personnel who have no active teaching duties (e.g. headmasters, headmistresses or principals who do not teach) and persons who work occasionally or in a voluntary capacity in educational institutions.
  • Share of vocational tertiary qualifications awarded to females > First degree: Percentage share of tertiary level B qualifications as first degree awarded to females. Data for 2000.
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 10-14: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 10 to 14. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Literacy > Male literates > Aged 95-99: Compares countries by number of male literates, in the age range 95 to 99. The data was gathered by the United Nations Statistics Division, whose self-declared mission is to compile and disseminate global statistical information, develop standards and norms for statistical activities, and support countries’ efforts to strengthen their national statistical systems
  • Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people: Number of female teaching staff in post-secondary non-tertiary education. Post-secondary non-tertiary education serves to broaden the knowledge of participants, who have already gained an upper secondary qualification. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people: Population by literacy, age, sex and urban/rural residence. Figures expressed per thousand people for the same year.
STAT Mexico Turkey HISTORY
Adult literacy rate > Total 92.93
Ranked 47th. 5% more than Turkey
88.66
Ranked 16th.

Average years of schooling of adults 7.2
Ranked 35th. 36% more than Turkey
5.3
Ranked 63th.
Children out of school, primary 405,347
Ranked 18th. 66% more than Turkey
243,731
Ranked 22nd.

Children out of school, primary per 1000 3.4
Ranked 63th. 2% more than Turkey
3.34
Ranked 65th.

Children out of school, primary, female 125,708
Ranked 20th.
139,953
Ranked 17th. 11% more than Mexico

College and university > Gender parity index 0.967
Ranked 61st. 18% more than Turkey
0.82
Ranked 93th.

Compulsary education duration 11
Ranked 26th. 38% more than Turkey
8
Ranked 157th.

Government spending on education > Proportion of GDP 5.28%
Ranked 49th. 84% more than Turkey
2.86%
Ranked 93th.

High school enrolment rate 93.82
Ranked 53th.
94.86
Ranked 51st. 1% more than Mexico

Homeschooling legal status Legal, compulsory attendance laws unclear. Illegal, public education is mandatory without known exceptions.
Literacy > Total population 86.1%
Ranked 7th.
87.4%
Ranked 13th. 2% more than Mexico

Primary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 91st. 20% more than Turkey
5
Ranked 174th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, primary 28.11
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Turkey
27.75
Ranked 49th.

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary 17.68
Ranked 35th.
21.76
Ranked 9th. 23% more than Mexico

Secondary education, duration > Years 6
Ranked 125th.
7
Ranked 77th. 17% more than Mexico

Primary education, teachers per 1000 4.45
Ranked 69th. 12% more than Turkey
3.98
Ranked 72nd.

College and university > Share of total education spending 19.66%
Ranked 58th.
31.9%
Ranked 7th. 62% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female 85.3%
Ranked 6th. 7% more than Turkey
79.6%
Ranked 13th.

Children out of school, primary, female per 1000 1.05
Ranked 73th.
1.92
Ranked 58th. 82% more than Mexico

College and university > Gender ratio 97.72
Ranked 62nd. 25% more than Turkey
78
Ranked 73th.

Child care (preschool) > Duration 2
Ranked 165th.
3
Ranked 117th. 50% more than Mexico

Secondary education > Teachers > Per capita 5.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 63th. 2 times more than Turkey
2.78 per 1,000 people
Ranked 88th.
Duration of compulsory education 10 years
Ranked 48th. 11% more than Turkey
9 years
Ranked 96th.
Secondary education, pupils 11.84 million
Ranked 6th. 49% more than Turkey
7.97 million
Ranked 9th.

College and university > Private school share 31.67%
Ranked 41st. 6 times more than Turkey
5.16%
Ranked 95th.

Girls to boys ratio > Primary level enrolment 0.98
Ranked 69th. 3% more than Turkey
0.95
Ranked 110th.

School life expectancy > Total 11.5 years
Ranked 54th. 21% more than Turkey
9.5 years
Ranked 82nd.
Literacy > Adult literacy 92.4%
Ranked 47th. 4% more than Turkey
88.7%
Ranked 61st.

Primary education, teachers 531,256
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Turkey
233,073
Ranked 13th.

Primary education, pupils 14.93 million
Ranked 8th. 2 times more than Turkey
6.58 million
Ranked 15th.

Adult literacy rate > Female 91.45
Ranked 47th. 13% more than Turkey
81.26
Ranked 19th.

Tertiary enrollment 20.7%
Ranked 54th. 38% more than Turkey
15%
Ranked 16th.
Spending per student > College and university 37.13
Ranked 18th. 32% more than Turkey
28.09
Ranked 41st.

High school > Gender ratio 106.1
Ranked 24th. 20% more than Turkey
88.57
Ranked 94th.

Compulsary education starting age 4
Ranked 105th.
6
Ranked 140th. 50% more than Mexico

Pupil-teacher ratio, secondary per million 0.148
Ranked 93th.
0.36
Ranked 42nd. 2 times more than Mexico

Literacy > Definition age 15 and over can read and write age 15 and over can read and write
High school > Upper secondary school duration 3
Ranked 97th.
4
Ranked 47th. 33% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male 86.9%
Ranked 6th.
95.3%
Ranked 6th. 10% more than Mexico

Spending > USD 50.89 billion
Ranked 12th. 88% more than Turkey
27.01 billion
Ranked 21st.

Spending > Proportion 4.75
Ranked 59th. 29% more than Turkey
3.68
Ranked 99th.

Pupil-teacher ratio > Primary 28.47
Ranked 50th.
30.38
Ranked 53th. 7% more than Mexico
Child care (preschool) > Starting age 4
Ranked 41st. 33% more than Turkey
3
Ranked 193th.

High school repeaters > Male 2.19
Ranked 65th.
6.55
Ranked 40th. 3 times more than Mexico

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 97.6%
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Turkey
95.6%
Ranked 22nd.

Preschool enrollment rate 114.34
Ranked 24th. 15% more than Turkey
99.3
Ranked 91st.

Tertiary > Students studying abroad 26,641.87
Ranked 33th.
50,908.41
Ranked 10th. 91% more than Mexico

Primary completion rate 99
Ranked 44th. 14% more than Turkey
87
Ranked 77th.

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level 2.24 million
Ranked 13th. 17% more than Turkey
1.92 million
Ranked 19th.

Teachers as percentage of labor force 4.9%
Ranked 7th. 44% more than Turkey
3.4%
Ranked 28th.
Literacy > Reading performance > Overall 425
Ranked 45th.
464
Ranked 39th. 9% more than Mexico
Elementary (primary school) > Duration 6
Ranked 96th. 20% more than Turkey
5
Ranked 184th.

Children out of school > Primary 29,642
Ranked 54th.
899,833
Ranked 10th. 30 times more than Mexico

Secondary education, teachers per 1000 5.61
Ranked 54th. 55% more than Turkey
3.62
Ranked 39th.

Secondary education, teachers 669,583
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Turkey
218,829
Ranked 10th.

Child care (preschool) > Students per teacher 25.21
Ranked 20th. 9% more than Turkey
23.09
Ranked 30th.

High school > Lower secondary school duration 3
Ranked 139th. The same as Turkey
3
Ranked 178th.

Children out of school, primary, male per 1000 2.34
Ranked 52nd. 65% more than Turkey
1.42
Ranked 67th.

Spending per student > High school 13.48
Ranked 53th. 23% more than Turkey
10.95
Ranked 76th.

Secondary education, general pupils 9.95 million
Ranked 6th. 49% more than Turkey
6.67 million
Ranked 9th.

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ 8%
Ranked 84th.
13.5%
Ranked 70th. 69% more than Mexico

High school > Gender parity index 1.07
Ranked 23th. 16% more than Turkey
0.919
Ranked 114th.

Literacy > Reading performance > Overall reading skills 425
Ranked 45th.
464
Ranked 39th. 9% more than Mexico
Scientific and technical journal articles 3,747
Ranked 26th.
6,224
Ranked 21st. 66% more than Mexico

Literacy > Reading performance > Access and retrieve 433
Ranked 43th.
467
Ranked 39th. 8% more than Mexico
Tertiary > Students studying abroad proportion 0.894%
Ranked 117th.
1.33%
Ranked 104th. 49% more than Mexico

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level per 1000 20.96
Ranked 72nd.
29.51
Ranked 51st. 41% more than Mexico

Scouting > Genders admitted both both
Elementary (primary school) > Starting age 6
Ranked 119th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 167th.

International Baccalaureate schools 101
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Turkey
44
Ranked 14th.
Children out of school, primary, male 279,639
Ranked 10th. 3 times more than Turkey
103,778
Ranked 20th.

Education expenditure of government > As percentage of GNI 5.5%
Ranked 38th. 45% more than Turkey
3.8%
Ranked 81st.

High school > Students per teacher 17.68
Ranked 36th.
21.76
Ranked 9th. 23% more than Mexico

Secondary education > General pupils 8.86 million
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Turkey
4.01 million
Ranked 20th.

Spending per student > Elementary school 13.29
Ranked 46th. 4% more than Turkey
12.77
Ranked 59th.

Secondary school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 92nd. 9% more than Turkey
11
Ranked 179th.

High school starting age > Years 12
Ranked 85th. The same as Turkey
12
Ranked 115th.

Primary education > Teachers > Per capita 5.09 per 1,000 people
Ranked 64th. 29% more than Turkey
3.94 per 1,000 people
Ranked 87th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 45.82
Ranked 7th. 10% more than Turkey
41.73
Ranked 4th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level 14.86 million
Ranked 8th. 88% more than Turkey
7.9 million
Ranked 12th.

High school > Population with at least high school education > Women 51.2%
Ranked 83th. 92% more than Turkey
26.7%
Ranked 115th.

Elementary school graduate rate 91.51
Ranked 45th.
94.23
Ranked 38th. 3% more than Mexico

Literacy rate > People aged 15-24 98.38
Ranked 44th. 2% more than Turkey
96.36
Ranked 16th.

Schools connected to the Internet 60%
Ranked 21st. 50% more than Turkey
40%
Ranked 27th.
Public spending per student > Primary level 11.7
Ranked 47th.
17.6
Ranked 24th. 50% more than Mexico
Secondary education, pupils per 1000 99.16
Ranked 33th.
109.03
Ranked 19th. 10% more than Mexico

Primary education, pupils per 1000 125.12
Ranked 55th. 39% more than Turkey
90.08
Ranked 87th.

Girls to boys ratio > Tertiary level enrolment 0.99
Ranked 63th. 34% more than Turkey
0.74
Ranked 72nd.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ 5.64 million
Ranked 19th.
6.61 million
Ranked 16th. 17% more than Mexico

Girls to boys ratio > Secondary level enrolment 1.07
Ranked 29th. 30% more than Turkey
0.82
Ranked 116th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 359.86
Ranked 10th.
391.17
Ranked 9th. 9% more than Mexico

Education enrolment by level > Tertiary level > Per capita 22.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 70th.
27.55 per 1,000 people
Ranked 56th. 23% more than Mexico

Tertiary > Students studying abroad per thousand people 0.223
Ranked 172nd.
0.697
Ranked 131st. 3 times more than Mexico

Outcomes > Secondary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 109th. 20% more than Turkey
5
Ranked 174th.

Teacher student ratio > High school 18.01
Ranked 30th.
23.32
Ranked 29th. 29% more than Mexico

Children out of school > Primary per 1000 0.271
Ranked 112th.
13.46
Ranked 30th. 50 times more than Mexico

Inequality adjusted index 0.564
Ranked 65th. 28% more than Turkey
0.442
Ranked 82nd.
High school repeaters > Female 1.18
Ranked 69th.
4.46
Ranked 43th. 4 times more than Mexico

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 3.55 million
Ranked 20th.
5.2 million
Ranked 15th. 47% more than Mexico

Teacher student ratio > Elementary school 28.02
Ranked 44th. 1% more than Turkey
27.75
Ranked 53th.

Literacy rate > Females aged 15-24 98.36
Ranked 49th. 4% more than Turkey
94.29
Ranked 19th.

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 11 800 hours
Ranked 24th. 1% more than Turkey
796 hours
Ranked 26th.
Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 91.6%
Ranked 44th.
94.1%
Ranked 38th. 3% more than Mexico

Elementary school > Enrolled students 14.7 million
Ranked 7th. 2 times more than Turkey
6.76 million
Ranked 16th.

Primary education > Duration > Years 6 years
Ranked 89th. The same as Turkey
6 years
Ranked 135th.

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ per capita $5,278.98
Ranked 18th. 17% more than Turkey
$4,496.78
Ranked 20th.

School enrolment rate > 1st grade 122.1
Ranked 21st. 23% more than Turkey
99.38
Ranked 75th.

Secondary education, general pupils per 1000 83.37
Ranked 41st.
91.31
Ranked 25th. 10% more than Mexico

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 12 1,167 hours
Ranked 5th. 47% more than Turkey
796 hours
Ranked 32nd.
Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 91.68
Ranked 7th. 7% more than Turkey
85.84
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Reading performance > Integrate and interpret 418
Ranked 48th.
459
Ranked 40th. 10% more than Mexico
High school > Lower secondary starting age 12
Ranked 93th. 9% more than Turkey
11
Ranked 186th.

Elementary (primary) school) > Private school share 8.26%
Ranked 83th. 11 times more than Turkey
0.751%
Ranked 88th.

Elementary school > Gender ratio 98.37
Ranked 68th. 1% more than Turkey
97.38
Ranked 83th.

High school enrolment rate > Female 93.46
Ranked 51st. About the same as Turkey
93.2
Ranked 52nd.

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Women 9.8%
Ranked 83th.
21.4%
Ranked 57th. 2 times more than Mexico

Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level 100%
Ranked 7th. 12% more than Turkey
89%
Ranked 95th.

Duration of education > Secondary level 6
Ranked 105th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 133th.
Public spending per student > Tertiary level 45.2
Ranked 35th.
72.1
Ranked 22nd. 60% more than Mexico
Secondary education > Pupils 10.4 million
Ranked 5th. 95% more than Turkey
5.33 million
Ranked 15th.

Primary education > Pupils 14.78 million
Ranked 8th. 88% more than Turkey
7.87 million
Ranked 12th.

High school > Population with at least high school education > Men 57%
Ranked 81st. 34% more than Turkey
42.4%
Ranked 108th.

Literacy rate > Males aged 15-24 98.41
Ranked 40th.
98.58
Ranked 8th. About the same as Mexico

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level > Per capita 101.88 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 24% more than Turkey
82.47 per 1,000 people
Ranked 89th.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Tertiary level 49.65%
Ranked 79th. 18% more than Turkey
42.25%
Ranked 100th.

Secondary education, vocational pupils 1.89 million
Ranked 4th. 2% more than Turkey
1.84 million
Ranked 5th.

Spending on education > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 89.23%
Ranked 11th. 7% more than Turkey
83.36%
Ranked 13th.

Elementary (primary) school > Students per teacher 28.11
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Turkey
27.75
Ranked 47th.

Secondary education > Teachers 579,714
Ranked 8th. 4 times more than Turkey
159,401
Ranked 20th.
School life expectancy > Primary to tertiary 13 years
Ranked 56th. 18% more than Turkey
11 years
Ranked 76th.
School enrolment rate > 5th grade 93.94
Ranked 34th.
94.23
Ranked 32nd. About the same as Mexico

Education enrolment by level > Secondary level 10.19 million
Ranked 8th. 77% more than Turkey
5.74 million
Ranked 18th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 2.56
Ranked 7th. 68% more than Turkey
1.52
Ranked 3rd.

Scientific and technical journal articles per million 34.68
Ranked 56th.
94.39
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Mexico

Literacy > Reading performance > Non-continuous texts 424
Ranked 44th.
461
Ranked 39th. 9% more than Mexico
Literacy > Reading performance > Continuous texts 426
Ranked 45th.
466
Ranked 39th. 9% more than Mexico
Duration of education > Primary level 6
Ranked 85th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 126th.
Women to men parity index > As ratio of literacy rates > Aged 15-24 1
Ranked 3rd. 5% more than Turkey
0.95
Ranked 27th.

Expected duration of education for all students 12.6 years
Ranked 27th. 25% more than Turkey
10.1 years
Ranked 30th.
Participation > Children out of school > Elementary 61,240
Ranked 42nd.
361,419
Ranked 18th. 6 times more than Mexico

Participation > Ratio of girls to boys in primary and secondary education 101.51%
Ranked 31st. 9% more than Turkey
92.87%
Ranked 95th.

Public spending per student > Secondary level 13.8
Ranked 49th. 17% more than Turkey
11.8
Ranked 59th.
Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Primary level 48.82%
Ranked 45th. 3% more than Turkey
47.46%
Ranked 134th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ per 1000 52.24
Ranked 88th.
100.22
Ranked 63th. 92% more than Mexico

Progression to secondary school 93.59%
Ranked 56th. 3% more than Turkey
91.09%
Ranked 58th.
Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Women 97.6%
Ranked 4th. 5% more than Turkey
93.3%
Ranked 23th.

Children out of school > Primary > Per capita 0.29 per 1,000 people
Ranked 113th.
12.65 per 1,000 people
Ranked 32nd. 44 times more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 15-19 10.81 million
Ranked 3rd. 72% more than Turkey
6.27 million
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39 325,566
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Turkey
105,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Reading performance > Reflect and evaluate 432
Ranked 43th.
473
Ranked 32nd. 9% more than Mexico
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Women 100%
Ranked 8th. 15% more than Turkey
87%
Ranked 98th.

High school > Upper secondary starting age 15
Ranked 128th. 7% more than Turkey
14
Ranked 199th.

Elementary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 107th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 146th.

Library books 538,596
Ranked 33th.
1.55 million
Ranked 27th. 3 times more than Mexico
Teaching weeks per year > Primary 42 weeks per year
Ranked 5th. 11% more than Turkey
38 weeks per year
Ranked 21st.
Elementary school repeaters > All 3.6
Ranked 59th. 69% more than Turkey
2.13
Ranked 72nd.

School life expectancy > Male 11.6 years
Ranked 53th. 12% more than Turkey
10.4 years
Ranked 69th.
Secondary education > General pupils > Per capita 86.86 per 1,000 people
Ranked 42nd. 54% more than Turkey
56.37 per 1,000 people
Ranked 115th.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people 34.8
Ranked 2nd.
0.0
Ranked 7th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level > Per capita 0.149 per capita
Ranked 47th. 31% more than Turkey
0.114 per capita
Ranked 85th.

Illiteracy rates by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 6.1%
Ranked 83th. 7% more than Turkey
5.7%
Ranked 88th.

Education enrolment by level > Primary level per 1000 139.21
Ranked 54th. 15% more than Turkey
121.56
Ranked 78th.

Primary teacher salary > Starting $10,465.00
Ranked 19th. 15% more than Turkey
$9,116.00
Ranked 20th.
Education enrolment ratio > Net > Primary level > Men 100%
Ranked 12th. 9% more than Turkey
92%
Ranked 76th.

Literacy rates > Aged 15-24 > Men 97.6%
Ranked 5th.
98%
Ranked 10th. About the same as Mexico

Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD 0.46%
Ranked 30th.
0.59%
Ranked 26th. 28% more than Mexico
Library books per 1000 5.26
Ranked 44th.
24.94
Ranked 39th. 5 times more than Mexico
Pupils-teacher ratio > Primary level 27.3
Ranked 57th.
27.7
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Mexico
Primary education > Teachers 519,161
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Turkey
225,852
Ranked 19th.
Secondary education > Vocational pupils 1.54 million
Ranked 7th. 17% more than Turkey
1.32 million
Ranked 9th.

Education enrolment by level > Percentage girls > Secondary level 51.45%
Ranked 25th. 22% more than Turkey
42.04%
Ranked 142nd.

Literacy > Literates > Aged over 10 per thousand people 704.92
Ranked 11th.
810.58
Ranked 9th. 15% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 1.14
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Turkey
0.274
Ranked 6th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 10-14 196,848
Ranked 2nd. 28 times more than Turkey
7,000
Ranked 2nd.

Private school enrolment > Primary level 7.7
Ranked 42nd. 4 times more than Turkey
1.8
Ranked 73th.
Outcomes > Primary education > Duration > Years 6
Ranked 83th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 125th.

Library employees 4
Ranked 51st.
208
Ranked 27th. 52 times more than Mexico
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 10 800 hours
Ranked 21st. 1% more than Turkey
796 hours
Ranked 23th.
Secondary education > Pupils per 1000 95.12
Ranked 48th. 19% more than Turkey
79.75
Ranked 74th.

Primary education > Teachers per 1000 4.75
Ranked 70th. 15% more than Turkey
4.11
Ranked 84th.
Literacy > Men above 14 years 93.2%
Ranked 4th.
95.3%
Ranked 8th. 2% more than Mexico

Children out of school > Primary > Female > Per capita 0.072 per 1,000 people
Ranked 112th.
7.68 per 1,000 people
Ranked 28th. 107 times more than Mexico

Female enrolment share > Primary level 48.8%
Ranked 37th. 4% more than Turkey
47%
Ranked 119th.
Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$ $637.95 billion
Ranked 4th. 92% more than Turkey
$332.75 billion
Ranked 8th.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning technology 9 8
Primary school starting age > Years 6
Ranked 120th. The same as Turkey
6
Ranked 165th.

Scouting > Members 33,487
Ranked 42nd.
40,579
Ranked 36th. 21% more than Mexico
Elementary (primary) school > Proportion of education spending on teachers' salaries 87.23%
Ranked 8th.
89.79%
Ranked 4th. 3% more than Mexico
Elementary (primary) school) > Proportion spent on all staff salaries 95.7%
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Turkey
89.79%
Ranked 23th.
Enrolment ratio > Secondary level 59.7%
Ranked 58th. 16% more than Turkey
51.3%
Ranked 4th.
Participation > Secondary education > General pupils 9.59 million
Ranked 5th. 73% more than Turkey
5.53 million
Ranked 12th.

Secondary education > Teachers per 1000 5.3
Ranked 69th. 83% more than Turkey
2.9
Ranked 86th.
Ratio of female to male primary enrollment 98.11
Ranked 84th. 4% more than Turkey
94.07
Ranked 129th.

Secondary education > General pupils per 1000 81.04
Ranked 52nd. 35% more than Turkey
59.99
Ranked 103th.

Children out of school > Primary > Male 22,317
Ranked 48th.
353,712
Ranked 14th. 16 times more than Mexico

Elementary (primary) school > Gender parity index 0.991
Ranked 48th. About the same as Turkey
0.988
Ranked 80th.

Hours of instruction for pupils aged 9 800 hours
Ranked 19th. 1% more than Turkey
796 hours
Ranked 21st.
Hours of instruction for pupils aged 13 1,167 hours
Ranked 8th.
0.0
Ranked 36th.
Female enrolment share > Secondary level 50.5%
Ranked 38th. 35% more than Turkey
37.5%
Ranked 121st.
Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women 0.0
Ranked 57th.
0.0
Ranked 43th.

Private school enrolment > Secondary level 12.1
Ranked 47th. 3 times more than Turkey
4.6
Ranked 67th.
Education enrolment by level > Secondary level per 1000 95.46
Ranked 57th. 8% more than Turkey
88.31
Ranked 79th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 15-19 5.4 million
Ranked 3rd. 77% more than Turkey
3.05 million
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 1.62
Ranked 4th. 41% more than Turkey
1.15
Ranked 3rd.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 20-24 184,308
Ranked 5th. 88% more than Turkey
98,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 35-39 134,866
Ranked 4th. 7 times more than Turkey
20,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 65-69 per thousand people 2.71
Ranked 5th.
4
Ranked 2nd. 48% more than Mexico

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 3.9
Ranked 5th. 51% more than Turkey
2.59
Ranked 4th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 15-19 per thousand people 1.19
Ranked 9th. 2 times more than Turkey
0.589
Ranked 6th.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 1.08
Ranked 7th.
1.11
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Mexico

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 1.99
Ranked 11th. 33% more than Turkey
1.49
Ranked 4th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 56.07
Ranked 11th.
62.72
Ranked 10th. 12% more than Mexico

Scouting > Members per thousand people 0.277
Ranked 135th.
0.548
Ranked 116th. 98% more than Mexico
Outcomes > Tertiary attainment > Tertiary attainment for age group 55-64 8.33%
Ranked 28th. 8% more than Turkey
7.68%
Ranked 29th.
Primary completion rate > Women 100
Ranked 35th. 20% more than Turkey
83
Ranked 76th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 85-89 per thousand people 1.24
Ranked 5th. 4% more than Turkey
1.19
Ranked 9th.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning science 19%
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Turkey
8%
Ranked 32nd.
School life expectancy > Female 11.5 years
Ranked 54th. 35% more than Turkey
8.5 years
Ranked 76th.
Elementary school repeaters > Male 4.4
Ranked 59th. 2 times more than Turkey
2.07
Ranked 74th.

Elementary school repeaters > Female 2.77
Ranked 61st. 26% more than Turkey
2.19
Ranked 69th.

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Men 90.8%
Ranked 40th.
95.3%
Ranked 32nd. 5% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 per million people 61.33
Ranked 2nd. 49% more than Turkey
41.06
Ranked 2nd.

Children out of school > Primary > Male > Per capita 0.219 per 1,000 people
Ranked 102nd.
4.97 per 1,000 people
Ranked 44th. 23 times more than Mexico

Elementary school teachers 524,517
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Turkey
233,073
Ranked 14th.

High school teachers 635,518
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Turkey
218,829
Ranked 9th.

Primary teacher salary > After 15 years $13,294.00
Ranked 19th. 29% more than Turkey
$10,327.00
Ranked 20th.
High school enrolment rate > Male 94.16
Ranked 46th.
96.37
Ranked 39th. 2% more than Mexico

Proportion of 15 year-olds in secondary education 52%
Ranked 32nd. 24% more than Turkey
42%
Ranked 33th.
Literacy > Women above 14 years 90.2%
Ranked 3rd. 13% more than Turkey
79.6%
Ranked 19th.

Gender ratio > Literacy rate of 15-24 year-olds 1%
Ranked 3rd. 5% more than Turkey
0.95%
Ranked 12th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Per capita 55.87 per 1,000 people
Ranked 83th.
93.45 per 1,000 people
Ranked 66th. 67% more than Mexico

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Women per 1000 32.84
Ranked 84th.
78.87
Ranked 52nd. 2 times more than Mexico

Proportion of 20 year olds in tertiary education 14%
Ranked 24th. 8% more than Turkey
13%
Ranked 26th.
Primary completion rate > Men 98
Ranked 43th. 8% more than Turkey
91
Ranked 62nd.

Participation > Secondary education > Pupils 10.56 million
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Turkey
5.08 million
Ranked 15th.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning vocational skills 3 5
Secondary education > Pupils > Per capita 101.95 per 1,000 people
Ranked 31st. 36% more than Turkey
74.92 per 1,000 people
Ranked 91st.

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment 106.85
Ranked 27th. 43% more than Turkey
74.73
Ranked 136th.

Primary education > Pupils per 1000 135.14
Ranked 57th. 15% more than Turkey
117.77
Ranked 80th.

Intake ratio to last grade of primary > Females None
None

Pupils-teacher ratio > Secondary level 20.6
Ranked 44th.
22.6
Ranked 37th. 10% more than Mexico
Share of university qualifications awarded to females 52%
Ranked 20th. 27% more than Turkey
41%
Ranked 29th.
Research and Development > RandD > Expenditure on RandD > Gross domestic expenditure on RandD per million 0.00395%
Ranked 30th.
0.00828%
Ranked 29th. 2 times more than Mexico
Proportion of primary education time spent learning foreign languages 9 11
Primary teacher salary > Starting per 1000 $0.10
Ranked 21st.
$0.15
Ranked 20th. 43% more than Mexico
Library employees per million 0.0391
Ranked 52nd.
3.34
Ranked 45th. 85 times more than Mexico
Pupils reaching grade 5 88.5
Ranked 35th.
94.9
Ranked 8th. 7% more than Mexico
Expected duration of education for males 12.7 years
Ranked 25th. 9% more than Turkey
11.6 years
Ranked 27th.
Proportion of 19 year olds in tertiary education 14%
Ranked 18th. 8% more than Turkey
13%
Ranked 21st.
Proportion of 16 year-olds in secondary education 44%
Ranked 32nd. 13% more than Turkey
39%
Ranked 33th.
Share of university qualifications awarded to females > First degree 52%
Ranked 20th. 27% more than Turkey
41%
Ranked 29th.
Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 75-79 229,229
Ranked 3rd.
269,000
Ranked 1st. 17% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 25-29 127,500
Ranked 4th. 57% more than Turkey
81,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 55-59 312,897
Ranked 3rd. 21% more than Turkey
259,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 20-24 89,852
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Turkey
27,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 70-74 199,355
Ranked 3rd. 4 times more than Turkey
56,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 35-39 4.11 million
Ranked 4th. 51% more than Turkey
2.71 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 35-39 190,700
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Turkey
84,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89 106,365
Ranked 2nd. 3% more than Turkey
103,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy and Attainment > Educational attainment: completed tertiary > Tertiary > Population 25+ years > % > Over 24 year olds 16.3%
Ranked 32nd. 26% more than Turkey
12.92%
Ranked 36th.
Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 10 42.42 million
Ranked 4th. 48% more than Turkey
28.58 million
Ranked 1st.

Primary education, teachers > % female 66.86%
Ranked 79th. 53% more than Turkey
43.57%
Ranked 78th.

Unemployment with secondary education, male > % of male unemployment 52.8%
Ranked 12th. 2 times more than Turkey
22.5%
Ranked 73th.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 40-44 6.61 million
Ranked 4th. 44% more than Turkey
4.58 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged over 100 7,230
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Turkey
3,000
Ranked 1st.

Public spending on education, total > % of GDP 5.28%
Ranked 51st. 84% more than Turkey
2.86%
Ranked 95th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 60-64 per thousand people 10.98
Ranked 7th.
13.95
Ranked 13th. 27% more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people 4.38
Ranked 7th.
5.78
Ranked 10th. 32% more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 25-29 per thousand people 71.95
Ranked 12th.
84.89
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people 1.42
Ranked 6th.
3
Ranked 3rd. 2 times more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 30-34 per thousand people 68.73
Ranked 10th.
86.97
Ranked 1st. 27% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 50-54 per thousand people 1.38
Ranked 6th. 6 times more than Turkey
0.246
Ranked 7th.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people 1.94
Ranked 6th.
3.68
Ranked 3rd. 89% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 85-89 per million people 546.89
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Turkey
219
Ranked 3rd.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people 23.9
Ranked 10th.
30.8
Ranked 11th. 29% more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 95-99 per million people 279.83
Ranked 5th. 3 times more than Turkey
82.13
Ranked 8th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 14.41
Ranked 9th.
20.19
Ranked 12th. 40% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 95-99 per million people 159.2
Ranked 6th. 3 times more than Turkey
54.75
Ranked 8th.

Labor force with secondary education, female > % of female labor force 41.4%
Ranked 37th. 3 times more than Turkey
16.3%
Ranked 44th.

Unemployment with secondary education, female > % of female unemployment 51.6%
Ranked 10th. 48% more than Turkey
34.9%
Ranked 69th.

Education spending > % of GDP 5.3%
Ranked 48th. 43% more than Turkey
3.7%
Ranked 92nd.
Literacy rate > Youth total > % of people ages 15-24 97.56%
Ranked 43th. 2% more than Turkey
95.6%
Ranked 56th.

Teaching weeks per year > Lower secondary 42 weeks per year
Ranked 5th. 17% more than Turkey
36 weeks per year
Ranked 28th.
Ratio of female to male enrollments in tertiary education 98.2
Ranked 76th. 35% more than Turkey
72.58
Ranked 93th.

Primary teacher salary > Starting; ratio to GDP per capita $13,294.00
Ranked 19th. 29% more than Turkey
$10,327.00
Ranked 20th.
Proportion of primary education time spent learning arts 6 5
Secondary education > Pupils > % female 51.18% female
Ranked 17th. 22% more than Turkey
42.03% female
Ranked 124th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men 2.1 million
Ranked 18th. 49% more than Turkey
1.41 million
Ranked 29th.

Primary completion rate > Total > % of relevant age group 98.85%
Ranked 44th. 13% more than Turkey
87.77%
Ranked 90th.

School enrollment > Tertiary > Male > % gross 23.6% gross
Ranked 60th.
33.54% gross
Ranked 47th. 42% more than Mexico

Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > % gross 27.19%
Ranked 52nd.
38.37%
Ranked 42nd. 41% more than Mexico

Participation > School enrollment > Tertiary > Female > % gross 26.88%
Ranked 56th.
33.56%
Ranked 50th. 25% more than Mexico

Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > % net 99.52%
Ranked 7th. 5% more than Turkey
94.69%
Ranked 57th.

Participation > School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % net 71.2%
Ranked 49th.
77.49%
Ranked 42nd. 9% more than Mexico

Persistence to grade 5 > Male > % of cohort 91.82%
Ranked 28th.
94.88%
Ranked 24th. 3% more than Mexico

School enrollment, primary, private > % of total primary 8.26%
Ranked 81st. 11 times more than Turkey
0.751%
Ranked 85th.

Primary education, pupils > % female 48.89%
Ranked 35th. About the same as Turkey
48.77%
Ranked 48th.

School enrollment, primary, female > % gross 104.38%
Ranked 63th. 3% more than Turkey
101.61%
Ranked 75th.

Primary completion rate, total > % of relevant age group 92.72%
Ranked 71st.
102.51%
Ranked 24th. 11% more than Mexico

Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female > % of relevant age group 101.3%
Ranked 66th. About the same as Turkey
100.93%
Ranked 72nd.

Secondary education, general pupils > % female 50.19%
Ranked 62nd. 4% more than Turkey
48.06%
Ranked 106th.

Total enrollment, primary, male > % net 96.19%
Ranked 48th.
96.84%
Ranked 35th. 1% more than Mexico

Economically active children, study and work > % of economically active children, ages 7-14 85%
Ranked 2nd. 39% more than Turkey
61.2%
Ranked 22nd.

Labor force with primary education, female > % of female labor force 24.6%
Ranked 25th.
60.7%
Ranked 1st. 2 times more than Mexico

Labor force with tertiary education > % of total 23.3%
Ranked 36th. 27% more than Turkey
18.3%
Ranked 41st.

Services, etc., value added > Current US$ per capita $5,729.05
Ranked 26th.
$5,968.61
Ranked 24th. 4% more than Mexico

Services, etc., value added > Current US$, % of GDP 58.77%
Ranked 27th. 5% more than Turkey
55.96%
Ranked 40th.

Literacy > Literacy rate, youth male > % of males ages 15-24 98.42%
Ranked 40th.
99.45%
Ranked 25th. 1% more than Mexico

Ratio of female to male secondary enrollment > % 107.69%
Ranked 20th. 17% more than Turkey
91.8%
Ranked 102nd.

Ratio of female to male primary enrollment > % 100.37%
Ranked 27th. 1% more than Turkey
99.03%
Ranked 65th.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 55-59 486,817
Ranked 3rd. 70% more than Turkey
287,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 45-49 271,036
Ranked 3rd. 78% more than Turkey
152,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 5.47 million
Ranked 4th. 18% more than Turkey
4.65 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 70-74 666,094
Ranked 4th. 13% more than Turkey
587,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 90-94 64,982
Ranked 2nd. 2 times more than Turkey
30,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 55-59 per thousand people 14.29
Ranked 10th.
22.95
Ranked 11th. 61% more than Mexico

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 3.08
Ranked 6th. 2 times more than Turkey
1.48
Ranked 3rd.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 75-79 per thousand people 3.61
Ranked 6th.
5.89
Ranked 9th. 63% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 90-94 per million people 343.23
Ranked 5th.
355.88
Ranked 2nd. 4% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people 1.69
Ranked 5th. 2 times more than Turkey
0.767
Ranked 3rd.

Literacy > Literates > Aged 45-49 per thousand people 46.42
Ranked 13th.
63.7
Ranked 10th. 37% more than Mexico

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 80-84 per thousand people 2.3
Ranked 6th.
3.6
Ranked 2nd. 57% more than Mexico

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people 4.4
Ranked 5th.
4.78
Ranked 3rd. 8% more than Mexico

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 45.78
Ranked 5th.
46.33
Ranked 1st. 1% more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 70-74 per thousand people 11.32
Ranked 6th.
14.89
Ranked 12th. 32% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 34.86
Ranked 6th.
37.13
Ranked 4th. 7% more than Mexico

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 85-89 per million people 902.27
Ranked 5th.
1,409.83
Ranked 3rd. 56% more than Mexico

Participation > School enrollment > Preprimary > % gross 114.18%
Ranked 3rd. 6 times more than Turkey
17.73%
Ranked 93th.

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > % net 98.05%
Ranked 17th. 4% more than Turkey
94.69%
Ranked 41st.

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % gross 115.27%
Ranked 32nd. 15% more than Turkey
100.59%
Ranked 90th.

Participation > School enrollment > Primary > Male > % net 98.04%
Ranked 19th. 2% more than Turkey
95.75%
Ranked 36th.

Adjusted savings > Education expenditure > % of GNI 5.25% of GNI
Ranked 46th. 50% more than Turkey
3.49% of GNI
Ranked 108th.

Public spending on education > Total > % of GDP 5.79%
Ranked 36th. 45% more than Turkey
4%
Ranked 30th.

Unemployment with primary education > % of total unemployment 13.7%
Ranked 54th.
55.7%
Ranked 1st. 4 times more than Mexico

Unemployment with secondary education > % of total unemployment 30.1%
Ranked 52nd. 7% more than Turkey
28.1%
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 90-94 54,283
Ranked 3rd. 3 times more than Turkey
18,000
Ranked 2nd.

Expenditure per student > Primary > % of GDP per capita 15.46%
Ranked 48th. 31% more than Turkey
11.84%
Ranked 63th.

School enrollment > Secondary > Male > % gross 77.09% gross
Ranked 91st.
90.5% gross
Ranked 57th. 17% more than Mexico

Expenditure per student > Tertiary > % of GDP per capita 44.07%
Ranked 24th.
44.75%
Ranked 23th. 2% more than Mexico

Percentage of pupils starting grade 1 reaching grade 5 > Women 92.4%
Ranked 40th.
92.7%
Ranked 39th. About the same as Mexico

School enrollment > Primary > % net 97.82% net
Ranked 20th. 10% more than Turkey
89.33% net
Ranked 78th.

Literacy rate > Youth male > % of males ages 15-24 97.52%
Ranked 46th.
98.02%
Ranked 41st. 1% more than Mexico

Literacy rate > Adult female > % of females ages 15 and above 89.63%
Ranked 44th. 13% more than Turkey
79.58%
Ranked 69th.

Services, etc., value added > Constant 2000 US$, % of GDP 54.16%
Ranked 13th. 28% more than Turkey
42.16%
Ranked 26th.

Illiterate population by sex > Aged 15+ > Men per 1000 19.4
Ranked 84th.
21.34
Ranked 79th. 10% more than Mexico

Literacy > Literates > Aged 50-54 4.58 million
Ranked 4th. 29% more than Turkey
3.54 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 30-34 301,694
Ranked 4th. 3 times more than Turkey
111,000
Ranked 2nd.

Literacy > Literates > Aged over 100 6,680
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Turkey
1,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 80-84 270,950
Ranked 3rd. 3% more than Turkey
263,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 15-19 76,627
Ranked 4th. 6 times more than Turkey
12,000
Ranked 2nd.

Repitition rate > Primary level 5.5
Ranked 56th. 12% more than Turkey
4.9
Ranked 5th.
School enrollment, primary, female > % net 96.49%
Ranked 29th. 1% more than Turkey
95.57%
Ranked 36th.

Persistence to grade 5, total > % of cohort 96.47%
Ranked 25th. 2% more than Turkey
95.01%
Ranked 30th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 44.77
Ranked 5th. 2% more than Turkey
43.98
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Female illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 0.696
Ranked 5th. 13 times more than Turkey
0.0548
Ranked 9th.

School enrollment > Primary > % gross 109.17% gross
Ranked 46th. 17% more than Turkey
93.31% gross
Ranked 141st.

Persistence to last grade of primary, male > % of cohort 94.17%
Ranked 43th.
94.61%
Ranked 41st. About the same as Mexico

Participation > Total enrollment > Primary > Female > % net 99.64%
Ranked 6th. 6% more than Turkey
93.59%
Ranked 55th.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged 80-84 268,473
Ranked 4th. 30% more than Turkey
207,000
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Female literates > Aged over 100 per million people 31.48
Ranked 4th. 2 times more than Turkey
13.69
Ranked 7th.

Expected duration of education for females 12.6 years
Ranked 26th. 43% more than Turkey
8.8 years
Ranked 28th.
Literacy > Illiterates > Aged 35-39 per thousand people 2.76
Ranked 6th. 92% more than Turkey
1.44
Ranked 3rd.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning mathematics 14%
Ranked 7th. 27% more than Turkey
11%
Ranked 29th.
Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 10-14 per thousand people 0.974
Ranked 5th. 36 times more than Turkey
0.0274
Ranked 11th.

Proportion of primary education time spent learning religion n 5
School enrollment, secondary, female > % gross 87.21%
Ranked 78th. 3% more than Turkey
84.99%
Ranked 82nd.

School enrollment, secondary, male > % net 65.89%
Ranked 69th.
87.34%
Ranked 30th. 33% more than Mexico

Repeaters, secondary, female > % of female enrollment 1.31%
Ranked 79th.
2.12%
Ranked 64th. 62% more than Mexico

Secondary education, teachers, female 329,817
Ranked 7th. 4 times more than Turkey
90,388
Ranked 9th.

Share of vocational tertiary qualifications awarded to females > First degree 40% awarded to females
Ranked 30th.
43% awarded to females
Ranked 29th. 8% more than Mexico
Literacy > Male literates > Aged 10-14 5.4 million
Ranked 2nd. 59% more than Turkey
3.38 million
Ranked 1st.

Literacy > Male literates > Aged 95-99 14,221
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Turkey
2,000
Ranked 2nd.

Post-Secondary Non-Tertiary > Teachers > Women per million people 0.0
Ranked 54th.
0.0
Ranked 42nd.

Literacy > Male illiterates > Aged 40-44 per thousand people 1.17
Ranked 6th. 5 times more than Turkey
0.219
Ranked 7th.

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